Dee posted the below. I am hoping that Thomas and Penelope will be able to be in foster care soon.

Wednesday July 28

Tracy King picked up the three girls today, Pauline, Hope and Hannah. Theyare all now in Florida. Tracy spent some time evaluating Thomas and Penelopeat the clinic. She feels they are doing well. Thomas was very assertive, acute little Mr. Macho Man stud dog. Penelope was shy and retiring. We've hadall of their veterinary procedures completed that we can at this time. Theyare now in a holding pattern. We still need help and suggestions to getthese 2 out of Atlanta and going north. If you have any helpful suggestions,please privately email me. We could use some help to get these two out ofAtlanta and into Chattanooga or Nashville. One driver would be preferred,since these are mill dogs and require EXTREMELY special handling. I cannottruly relax until all of these Kees are in the hands of Kees people. :) Wehad previously arranged for them to be transported by this vet in Georgia,but she has backpedaled on her transport protocol, so we can no longer useher for that transport to Connecticut.

I'm going to take some liberties and post this info from Cher Hill, who hasPauline in foster care in Gainesville. This is a VERY good start forPauline. Pauline had already spent over a month in the first vet's officebecause she had several issues that required immediate attention...her ear,her skin, her heartworms, etc.

Pauline is on doxycycline for the heartworm. She also has an issue withher ear that I have drops for. She is dark, like my Rose was. She is alsoshaved and what fur she does have is thin. She is underweight but I thinknot as much as I first thought., Looks thinner than she really is because......no fur. Still a few lbs should go on easily. Her elbows are bareof hair, clean and pink. She has a thick folded quilt in her crate so shewon't have pressure on them.

When I went to get her out of the van, I brought Morgan. They greetedthrough the crate, then I let her out (on leash of course both of them).They did fine. Then, I was led quite forcefully by Pauline, to the door.She entered to a burst of barking that still has my ears ringing. They arestill barking at odd intervals but not nearly as bad. There are still acouple of them that have not properly met her. I'll let things happen abit slowly. They know she's here. She doesn't seem afraid of anyone.

Two of the cats have sort of been "in her face". Not in a bad way, they'rejust curious (and not terribly bright). She has mostly ignored them.She is curious. I let her walk around and check things out. At one point,she went to the door. I led her away, and she looked around some more. Then she went to the door again. I took her out and almost as soon as shehit the grass she was squatting. She did this a couple of times and did aBM. Good Girl!!!

She was ready to go back in at that point. Now she was also giving meindications she was hungry and I rather thought that she may not have hadanything much since she's been on the road a good part of the day. BTW. If you haven't already opened the bag of the food they came with...... itSTINKS OF OLD FISH!!!. WHEW! It won't break my heart to switch tosomething else. I'll do some checking around this weekend. .See if I canfind something comparable......and less stinky.

After she ate (and acted like I hadn't given her nearly enough) she cameback out of her crate. I sat on the couch and she joined me, lying by myside. It didn't take her long to relax and enjoy a gentle belly rub. Atsome point I stopped and she grabbed by arm in both front paws and lickedit. She's very much a licker.

As I write this, she is under the desk at my feet. Halo (one of the poms)is lying a couple of feet away, keeping this new one is her sight. Morganis in her spot in front of my bedroom door. The others are in crates Noone is barking at the moment. That, of course, will change as soon as Iget up and she follows which will be in a little while. I will do thedoggy shuffle, put the ones that sleep in their crates in, give out thecookies and go to bed, hoping that no one will bark most of the night.

And so the adventure begins. Somehow, I think she's going to takeeverything in stride. I expected a scared, shy dog. One who had hadlittle to no friendly handling. Well, for a dog who's lived the way Isuspect she did, she's doing just fine!

Hope you're little one settles in well. I'll get some pictures soon sowe'll have "before" and "afters".

Thursday a.m. Jul 29

I have Hope. She is huddled in the space between my loveseat and passthrough counter...when she's not in her crate. She's piddled two timesoutside, which I take as great progress. I have hope. :) She likes Chaddie'schicken breast. He's not overly fond of sharing, but he's been a gentleman,thus far. She's very small, afraid, rather smelly, and likes reclining on apillow. I have hope. :) Not doing too much to stress her out, but this isnot a quiet place, so she'll have to muddle through. I'm extraordinarilytired today, and still trying to find a way out of Georgia for the other twoKees. I think of the three that Tracy picked up yesterday, Pauline isgetting by far the best grade. She's with Cher in Gainesville. Hannah isteeny tiny and is in Clermont with Tracy. Her behavior is very reflective ofHope's, I'm afraid. But, we have hope...they'll get better! No pictures yet.Still too stressed for that. She did meet White Sox, our senior kitty, andwas very respectful of him.

Hope spent the day in her little hide-a-corner. We went outside around 11:00for a final potty run, but she was having none of it.

I spoke with Tracy about Hannah today. Hannah is much the same in behavioras Hope. She was flattened out like a little flying squirrel when Tracy andI meet in Leesburg for the pickup. Very frightened little girl. Tracy saidshe gravitates toward her dogs and wants to be near them. Tracy has alsonoticed a very distinct limp once she got Hannah to walk and not grab ontothe ground for dear life. She's had to carry her a lot. Neither of the othertwo vets in Georgia provided this information. Tracy will be taking Hannahto her veterinarian when she's a bit more settled and we'll try to find outwhat is going on with the leg.

Friday July 30 a.m.

We left Hope "out" in her little hide-a-corner last night. She came into ourbedroom at 6:30 to wake up Chaddie and me with her little nose. He grumbled.I asked, "What's going on?" in a very sleepy voice. Hope didn't run away, soI got up and took them both outside. She had piddled in the hallway, so shedidn't go potty outside, but she did run around on the long lead for quiteawhile. She met Trixie from next door; she didn't meet Trixie's dad, Roger,but she didn't run away from him either, so another good sign! When we cameback in, I saw that she had eaten all of her dinner from last night. Anothergood thing! She's back in her hide-a-corner on her pillow, intentlyobserving our activities. Very HOPEful signs this morning, I think!

So, please keep all of these little sweethearts in your thoughts andprayers, and in your budget if you can. Just $5 gets heartworm protectionfor a month! No contribution is too small for these darlings.

I'll keep you updated as much as I can.

Thank you all so much for all of your care! It is YOU who has made itpossible for these sweet little Kees to start forward on a brand newlife...a real Keeshond life.